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New Mexico State University will join hundreds of educational, business and governmental organizations around the world in observing International Education week. NMSU?s International and Border Programs will offer four days of events and activities Nov. 17-20 including screenings of documentaries and talks about the state of internationalization at NMSU and the role of global education in preparing the next generation.

NMSU announces 2015 Las Cruces International Festival

New Mexico State University?s Office of International and Border Programs and various groups from the city will host the International Festival 2015 from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, March 21, at the Las Cruces Convention Center. The event is free and open to the public.

Students, exhibitors and staff gather at the 2014 International Festival at the Las Cruces Convention Center (Courtesy Photo)

The festival offers the NMSU campus and local community an opportunity to experience different cultures from across the globe. Currently, NMSU has more than 1,300 international students from 75 countries on campus.

?This event continues to snowball. Our hope is that this event becomes truly co-sponsored by the community and the university,? said Cornell H. Menking, NMSU associate provost for international and border programs. ?This year we have a very enthusiastic committee comprised of all sorts of community members. We are committed to having more food and more participation from a variety of international people in the community. It will be in a bigger section of the convention center and everything will be scaled up from last year.?

The festival will include international foods, cultural displays with native art, textiles, artifacts, photographs, music, dancing and games. Participating international students will be dressed in their native fashions.